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Just announced on Publishers Marketplace:
Darby Karchut’s FINN FINNEGAN, (MG), in which a modern teenage boy apprentices with a legendary Celtic warrior to battle the hobgoblins infesting their suburban neighborhood, to Kate Kaynak at Spencer Hill Press, for publication in 2013 (World English).
I'm so excited! Finn Finnegan will be released March 2013.
Coming April 15th
Griffin's Fire
(Book Two: Fire)
For centuries, there have been rumors about a lowly caste of supernatural beings known as the Terrae Angeli. Armed with the power to control Earth, Fire, Wind and Water, these warriors and their apprentices clandestinely serve as guardians for humans in danger.
Forced to become mortal, ex-teen angel Griffin has been banished from the Terrae Angeli. Struggling to adjust, he enrolls in the heaven-and-hell known as high school. In spite of his friends’ support, Centennial High proves to be a battleground, complete with a malicious math teacher.
And to make matters worse, his Mentor, Basil, has been ordered to take on a new apprentice, the gifted and egotistical seventeen-year-old Sergei, whose covert attacks on Griffin makes home life as bleak as a Siberian winter.
Trapped between school, Sergei, and a desperate secret, Griffin is certain of one thing: the only way to fight a Cold War is with Fire."An amazing storyteller, Darby Karchut has once again mesmerized me with characters so powerful and witty, I find myself searching for the Terrae Angeli around every corner."
- Jennifer Murgia, author of Angel Star and Lemniscate
Griffin Rising is an award finalist in the 2011 Sharp Writ Book Award for YA novel.
Griffin Rising (Book One: Earth)
For centuries, rumors have abounded of a lowly caste of supernatural beings known as the Terrae Angeli. Armed with the power to control Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water, these warriors secretly serve as guardians for mortals in danger.
But for one young angel-in-training, Griffin, life is hell as a cruel master makes his apprenticeship a nightmare. On the verge of failing, a new mentor, Basil, enters his life and changes it forever.
Taking on the identity of father and son,
For Griffin, it’s time to angel up.
"Five Stars!" -- TeensReadToo.com
"Five Stars!" --National Children's Book Examiner
"The author has a winner!" --Readers Favorite Reviews & Awards
"Be prepared to be blown away. Griffin Rising will twist what you thought you knew about angels and create a beautiful new version that is highly captivating." --Moonlight Book Reviews
"Darby Karchut not only wrote a killer debut novel but she also made her readers a promise of more greatness to come." --Rabid Reads
"The beginning of a well-crafted and extremely enjoyable new series." -- Eating YA Books
